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March 29, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the passage of the Path to Prosperity, the House Republican Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, by a vote of 228-191.


March 22, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the House approved H.R. 5, the Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act, a bill that repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board which was included in the government takeover healthcare bill:


March 9, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement regarding the latest unemployment report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning:


March 2, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the Department of Energy announced the decision to bring small modular nuclear reactor technology to the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC:


February 16, 2012
Congressman Joe Wilson released the following statement following the passage of H.R. 3408, the Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act, a bill that creates jobs and promotes an all-of-the-above energy policy:

January 26, 2012

House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced implementation of the Administration's new defense strategy:


January 24, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union Address:

"Despite the President's failed stimulus, for the past thirty-five months, our nation's unemployment rate has remained above eight percent. With over thirteen million Americans searching for employment and a national debt totaling more than fifteen trillion dollars, I had hoped the President would highlight sound ideas to promote job creation and allow for private sector growth during his speech this evening.


January 5, 2012

Congressman Joe Wilson released the following statement in response to release of the President's new defense strategy:


December 20, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson released the following statement regarding the payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance reforms, and Medicare physician payments:


December 9, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson released the following statement after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it has withdrawn the case against Boeing:

"For the past year, the President's National Labor Relations Board has played the role of a Big Labor Bully by threatening to cut the jobs of hardworking and deserving South Carolinians by stalling the expansion of the 787 Dreamliner project in Charleston. I am very pleased to see that the International Association of Machinists requested to withdraw its complaint against Boeing and that the NLRB approved their request.